LONGLAC, ON – (See poster below) Members of the media and the public are cordially invited to attend the Healing Walk for all First Nations and Communities this Thursday. Walkers will be available to speak about a 7-day walk that began yesterday, July 15th, with a pipe ceremony at the [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On March 8, 2017, a former homeless youth and current entrepreneur, Joe Roberts will be pushing a shopping cart, (a symbol of chronic homelessness) through Nipigon, Ontario. The Push for Change is a 9000 km, 517 day trek across Canada to raise awareness and funds for ending youth [Read more]
Thunder Bay District Crime Stoppers and the Ontario Provincial Police are asking for your help in solving a mischief that occurred in the later part of September 2015 in the First Nation Territory of Long Lake 58. Sometime between September 14th and 27th unknown persons destroyed a statue that sat [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Further to the Your Vote Matters! Campaign launched on October 14, 2015, the Matawa Chiefs today expressed their encouragement for the increased Indigenous voter turn-out in the five (5) ridings of in the Matawa region during the October 19, 2015 federal election. “The [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Sunday, August 16, 2015 at approximately 1:10 am, an officer from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on Highway 11, in the area of Long Lake 58 First Nation. The officer observed the driver of a west bound Chevrolet Impala driving [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – July 14, 2015 at approximately 1:40pm a member of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway #11 in the community of Longlac to investigate a suspicious vehicle. Through subsequent investigation, the officer determined [Read more]
Premier Joins First Nations Chiefs to Formalize Regional Framework Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Matawa member First Nations Chiefs were in Thunder Bay yesterday, where they joined Matawa community members, to officially celebrate the recent signing of a landmark regional framework agreement to [Read more]
Historic Agreement to Move Ring of Fire Development Forward The Province of Ontario and Matawa-member First Nations are taking another step forward by reaching a landmark agreement that will ensure First Nation communities benefit from the proposed Ring of Fire development. The regional framework [Read more]
ARREST ON LONG LAKE #58 FIRST NATION Long Lake #58 First Nation, ON – March 5, 2012 members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a warrant to enter a dwelling-house on Long Lake #58 First Nation Territory. It is alleged that the accused had sold property [Read more]
McGuinty Government Helping Community Members, Creating Jobs A new multi-purpose centre at Long Lake #58 First Nation will provide a gathering place for the community, which will offer educational training and will help create nine new jobs. With support from the province, the First Nation, located [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON On March 25, 2011 at approximately 3:40 pm members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway # 11 near the Long Lake # 58 First Nation. The 35 year old male passenger from Long Lake # 58 First Nation was found to be in breach [Read more]
